François@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago9 months soberlemmy.worldimagemessage-square139linkfedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down132file-text
arrow-up11.19Karrow-down1image9 months soberlemmy.worldFrançois@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square139linkfedilinkfile-text
I’ve been tracking my drinks for 2 years, first time I reach such a sober streak - and I feel really better!
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoI heard this story from an oldtimer. Back in the day, he was in a cheap hotel in Philadelphia. There was a bar in the lobby. He spent all night holding onto the bed, because he knew if he let himself get up he’d drink. My first few months I went to speaker meetings so I’d hear stories like that.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoI know people who got sober while working in bars and restaurants. I’ll never say it isn’t tough, because I needed a 28 day ‘vacation’ and constant job testing to dry out and get my feet on the path. But with the right team, anything is possible.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoThe booziest towns have the best sobriety. New York, New Orleans, Las Vegas, LA, San Francisco all have tons of meetings. It’s one day at a time. Sometimes, it’s one minute at a time. Search out the right meetings and get a bunch of phone numbers. I once called a guy and told him that I was practicing making calls. He got it.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoStart with the online meetings. Plenty of ‘Zoom babies’ got sober during Covid without ever meeting in real life. https://www.nyintergroup.org/meetings/?type=active That’s just the New York ones.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoThere’s one local group called ‘Never Had A Legal Drink.’ People who decided to get sober before they turned 21. Also, the International Conference of Young People In AA. https://www.icypaa.org/
I heard this story from an oldtimer.
Back in the day, he was in a cheap hotel in Philadelphia. There was a bar in the lobby.
He spent all night holding onto the bed, because he knew if he let himself get up he’d drink.
My first few months I went to speaker meetings so I’d hear stories like that.
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I know people who got sober while working in bars and restaurants.
I’ll never say it isn’t tough, because I needed a 28 day ‘vacation’ and constant job testing to dry out and get my feet on the path.
But with the right team, anything is possible.
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The booziest towns have the best sobriety.
New York, New Orleans, Las Vegas, LA, San Francisco all have tons of meetings.
It’s one day at a time. Sometimes, it’s one minute at a time.
Search out the right meetings and get a bunch of phone numbers.
I once called a guy and told him that I was practicing making calls. He got it.
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Start with the online meetings.
Plenty of ‘Zoom babies’ got sober during Covid without ever meeting in real life.
https://www.nyintergroup.org/meetings/?type=active
That’s just the New York ones.
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There’s one local group called ‘Never Had A Legal Drink.’ People who decided to get sober before they turned 21.
Also, the International Conference of Young People In AA.
https://www.icypaa.org/